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~k~7 ,z <br />ARTICLE 6.29 -DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ED) DISTRICTS <br />("Yes" indicates compliance• "No" indicates non -compliance) (continued) <br />PLANNING STAFF <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />Ordinance Requirements <br />5. Plant material shall be <br />selected for its structure, <br />texture, and color for <br />interest and for its ultimate <br />growth. Use of native <br />plants is encouraged; <br />others that will be hardy, <br />harmonious to the design, <br />and of good appearance <br />can be allowed. <br />6. Appropriate curbs, tree <br />guards or other devices <br />shall be employed to <br />protect plants susceptible <br />to injury by pedestrian or <br />motor traffic. . <br />7. Parking areas and <br />trafficways shall be <br />enhanced with landscaped <br />spaces containing trees or <br />tree groupings. <br />8. Service yards and other <br />unsightly places shall be <br />screened by use of walls, <br />fencing and/or planting. <br />e) Signs <br />1. Every sign shall have <br />appropriate scale and <br />proportion in its design and <br />in its visual relationship to <br />buildings and surroundings: <br />A unified signage plan <br />shall be submitted and <br />.approved with the Special <br />Use Permit.. <br />2. Every sign shall be <br />designed as an integral <br />architectural element of the <br />building and the site to <br />which it principally relates. <br />3. The colors, materials and <br />lighting of every sign shall <br />be harmonious with the <br />building and site to which <br />it principally relates. <br />_x_Yes No <br />_x_Yes No <br />_x Yes No <br />x Yes No <br />Plant material was selected <br />based on existing vegetation. <br />Native plants have been <br />selected that are harmonious <br />to the design. <br />Curbs are existing and will be <br />extended to protect plants. <br />Parking areas and trafficways <br />have been landscaped. <br />There are no service yards <br />proposed. <br />x Yes No Existing sign will not be <br />changed. No additional signs <br />are proposed. <br />_x_Yes No <br />Existing sign will not be <br />changed. No additional signs <br />are proposed. <br />_x_Yes No <br />Existing sign.. will not be <br />changed. No additional signs <br />are proposed. <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />FINDINGS <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />